JANAKI WELCH DESIGN BUILD

EMPHASIS ON DESIGNING AND BUILDING GREEN, SUSTAINABLE, AND HEALTHY NON-TOXIC RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACES.

JANAKI WELCH BEGAN HER STUDIES IN INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AT THE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS. A DECADE IN OREGON FOLLOWED AS A PARTNER IN A FIRM DESIGNING AND BUILDING RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES. 

FOLLOWING STUDIES IN SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON AND UCLA, JANAKI relocated TO SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA IN THE MID 80S, BECAME A LICENSED GENERAL CONTRACTOR IN LOS ANGELES AND ESTABLISHED HER DESIGN-BUILD FIRM.

JANAKI INCORPORATES THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF BAUBIOLOGY* AND BUILDING SCIENCE; HEALTH ENHANCING, ECOLOGICALLY SOUND AND GREEN BUILDING MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS INTO HER RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROJECTS. HER APPROACH IS ALWAYS WITH A SENSITIVITY TO THE ENVIRONMENT, RESPECT FOR NATURE’S RESOURCES, CONSUMPTION OF LESS ENERGY, NURTURING ONE’S HEALTH, AND ENRICHING ONE’S SENSES AS HER FOCUS.

AFTER DESIGNING AND BUILDING IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA FOR THIRTY-FIVE YEARS, JANAKI HAS RELOCATED TO THE COTSWOLDS REGION IN ENGLAND.

SHE CONTINUES TO BE AVAILABLE AS A CONSULTANT FOR CLIENTS IN THE UNITED STATES,AS WELL AS THOSE IN ENGLAND AND EUROPE,WHO ARE ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES IN CREATING A HEALTHY HOME SANCTUARY AND WORKPLACE.